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United States Patent | 6,032,333 |
Brustle | March 7, 2000 |
A hinge to mounted door on an article of furniture includes a base plate to be mounted on the article of furniture. An intermediate member is mounted on the base plate by a spring mechanism in the form of a tilting lever mounted on the intermediate member by a pivot and a spring biasing the tilting lever to pivot in a direction to lock the intermediate member on the base plate. A hinge arm is connected to the intermediate member for adjustment relative thereto. A mechanism to selectively adjust the hinge arm relative to the intermediate member in a direction longitudinally of the intermediate member includes plural projections on the intermediate member, the projections being spaced longitudinally of the intermediate member. Such mechanism further includes a disk rotatively mounted on the hinge arm and having an upper side to be engaged by an adjusting tool and a lower side having a cam in the form of a spiral web in engagement with the projections.
Inventors: | Brustle; Klaus (Hochst, AT) |
Assignee: | Julius Blum Gesellschaft m.b.H. (Hochst, AT) |
Appl. No.: | 077753 |
Filed: | June 11, 1998 |
PCT Filed: | November 15, 1996 |
PCT NO: | PCT/AT96/00225 |
371 Date: | June 11, 1998 |
102(e) Date: | June 11, 1998 |
PCT PUB.NO.: | WO97/22773 |
PCT PUB. Date: | June 26, 1997 |
Dec 18, 1995[AU] | 686/95 |
Current U.S. Class: | 16/242; 16/240; 16/245; 16/258 |
Intern'l Class: | E05D 007/04; E05D 007/10 |
Field of Search: | 16/240,242,245,246,258,757,271,272 |
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